Definitions for requires

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requires re·quire

Spelling: [ri-kwahyuh r]

IPA: /rɪˈkwaɪər/

Requires is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in requires (eeiqrrsu).

Definitions for requires

verb (used with object)

1. to have need of; need:
2. to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something:
3. to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.
4. to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable:
5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain:
6. to place under an obligation or necessity:
7. Chiefly British. to desire; wish to have:

verb (used without object)

1. to demand; impose obligation:

Origin of requires

1300-50; Middle English requiren Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. quest)

Examples for requires

To be so particular as you require in subjects of conversation, it is impossible to be short.

Another step is to require a lawyer or advocate present during questioning of people with ID.

They may walk, to be sure, but it is exactly the inducement to walk that they require.

You might think that the reason Medicaid does not require coverage of HCBS is because institutional care is cheaper.

It will require sacrifice, but it can be done, and done fairly.

Bohac said the bill does not require anyone to say “Merry Christmas” if they are not up for it.

But while we do justice to others, we must require that justice be done to us.

This may make a good depot if we require to stay long in this neighbourhood.

As of July 2014, only 22 states and the District of Columbia require sex education to be taught in public schools.

That makes New York the ninth state to require such coverage.